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The new Coin Power 1454 A4 coin cell (photo: VARTA Microbattery)

VARTA Microbattery presents latest battery generation at the Wearable Technologies Conference in Munich

Friday 19 January 2018
Exhibitions / Events

They can be worn close to the body, directly on the body or even in the body - wearables are conquering more and more areas and are becoming increasingly self-evident in everyday life. The development of this global growth market would be inconceivable without reliable, energy-efficient batteries. In wearables, the batteries determine performance and service life. At the same time, they have to meet growing demands and should become smaller, lighter and more efficient.

Impressions from ISPO 2018 (photo: OPE journal)

OE-A session at ISPO in Munich: printed electronics in sports

Thursday 18 January 2018
Exhibitions / Events

From 28-31 Januray, ISPO 2018, the world’s leading sporting goods trade fair, takes place at Messe München in Munich, Germany. On Monday, 29 January from 12am to 1pm, the OE-A will organise the session “Textiles 4.0: Flexible and Printed Electronics for Smart Sportswear” as part of the ISPO Academy.

An OLED microdisplay next to a quarter Dollar coin (photo: Kopin)

Kopin unveils high-brightness breakthrough for Lightning OLED Microdisplays

Wednesday 17 January 2018
Products

The Kopin Corporation (Westborough, Massachusetts), a leading provider of wearable technologies for mobile virtual reality, augmented reality and wearable computing systems, has demonstrated its high-brightness Lightning organic light emitting diodes (OLED) microdisplays including its new 720p resolution (1280 x 720) OLED display at CES 2018. Kopin’s Lightning 720p OLED microdisplay is 0.49-inch diagonal size, has high brightness of over 1000 nits and low power consumption.

Tauseef Bashir, chief sales officer (photo: Thinfilm)

Thinfilm announces organisational changes to fortify position as leading NFC mobile marketing solutions provider

Tuesday 16 January 2018
Appointments

Thin Film Electronics (Oslo, Norway), a global leader in NFC (near field communication) mobile marketing and smart packaging solutions, announced several organisational changes that are expected to further accelerate the company’s growth in the NFC mobile marketing solutions space.

Frederik C. Krebs, CEO of infinityPV (photo: infinityPV)

infinityPV’s CEO calls for joined forces in the printed solar industry

Monday 15 January 2018
Companies / Markets

For decades scientists have been pursuing an exceedingly ambitious goal: They hope to provide clean energy for the entire world. Solutions including fusion, wind, solar, and more are all in the works, each with their own sets of promises and costs. Frederik C. Krebs, CEO of infinityPV (Jyllinge, Denmark) sees one clear path to a renewable energy future: “Printed solar cells hold the promises of solving our energy needs - we have the technology, all needed materials are abundant, and we spend extremely limited energy producing them.”